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can you get a deal on the debt ceiling? can you raise that debt ceiling without agreeing to some spending cuts? >> well, i think we're going to need both. what the president has said is we need some balance here. from this point forward -- >> excuse me what, the president said he's not going to deal. he's not going to negotiate. he just wants you to raise it. is that going to happen? >> let me add one thing. i think in the course of the state of the union address, and the president has already said, it we're going to be talking about further deficit reduction, but it has to be done in a balanced way. at the heart of this debt ceiling debates is whether or not we're going to continue to reduce the deficit. i think we need to do it in a thoughtful way. and the president said as long as it's balanced he's open to the conversation. >> okay. so i'm confused because i've heard him say multiple times i am not going to negotiate over raising this debt ceiling. so are you going to negotiate? >> i can just tell you this. the debt cei
can you get a deal on the debt ceiling? can you raise that debt ceiling without agreeing to some spending cuts? >> well, i think we're going to need both. what the president has said is we need some balance here. from this point forward -- >> excuse me what, the president said he's not going to deal. he's not going to negotiate. he just wants you to raise it. is that going to happen? >> let me add one thing. i think in the course of the state of the union address, and the...
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so as congress agrees to delay a showdown over the debt ceiling and faces a march 1 deadline for across the board spending cuts, what to make of this darned economy, david? >> am i supposed to answer that? it is confusing. the stock market is up. employers are hiring, very slowly. the government now tells us that hey -- they hired a lot more last year than previously believed. auto seafls are up 14% from last year. housing sales are coming back. on the other hand the economy took a pause at the end of last year? unemployment is very high, 7.9%. among men between 25 and 54 one out of six is not working. so i think when you cut through all this what do you see? well, the stock market is going like this and the economy is going like this. that can't last. i can't explain the stock market except maybe there was a gigantic sigh of relief. the republicans aren't going to force the u.s. freshry due default and the europeans aren't going to blow themselves up economically. you see an economy that's growing -- slowly. growing is better than not growing. the europeans are trying the not growing t
so as congress agrees to delay a showdown over the debt ceiling and faces a march 1 deadline for across the board spending cuts, what to make of this darned economy, david? >> am i supposed to answer that? it is confusing. the stock market is up. employers are hiring, very slowly. the government now tells us that hey -- they hired a lot more last year than previously believed. auto seafls are up 14% from last year. housing sales are coming back. on the other hand the economy took a pause...
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how far will the debate push that debt ceiling and if we go over the edge, if you will, of the debt ceiling and cannot meet our obligations, what effect does that have on america, the world and american taxpayer. >> the question also is at that point does the president act on his own and raise the debt ceiling out even going through congress? >> he has said that he won't go to the 14th amendment, which is the mechanism he could do it. but nancy pelosi said she would do it in the second. >> without seeing whether or not they can come up with a bipartisan solution. what are we going to end up doing, print money? >> they do that every day. how would anything be different? the bottom line is when you look at the fiscal cliff deal, $600 billion in new revenue on high income earners and $15 billion in spending cuts, leaving a $4 trillion hole on the budget over the next ten years, you can't keep going that direction. something has to happen. it's a matter of -- everybody agrees, when i asked van hollande and jordan i said do you agree we need to rain in the debt? yes. the question is how do you g
how far will the debate push that debt ceiling and if we go over the edge, if you will, of the debt ceiling and cannot meet our obligations, what effect does that have on america, the world and american taxpayer. >> the question also is at that point does the president act on his own and raise the debt ceiling out even going through congress? >> he has said that he won't go to the 14th amendment, which is the mechanism he could do it. but nancy pelosi said she would do it in the...
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the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, as well as what this fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- guns, immigration, other >>> back with more of our roundtable. and we're talking about the coming fights, ej, which include the threat from some republicans of a government shutdown or at least using the debt ceiling debate as ransom. you heard leader mcconnell not back away from that. is that the future here, the near term future of the president's second term? >> i just want to say on sandy relief, i don't understand why the house walked away from something that congress has done in every other disaster. but i almost never get a chance to do this, so i want to say that i hope republicans listen to newt gingrich. because newt gingrich is absolutely r
the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, as well as what this fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- guns, immigration, other >>> back with more of our roundtable. and we're talking about the coming fights,...
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, korean debt ceiling. john boehner is saying i may give you half of that. i think after the president has lecture sod much the american people, the consequences of defaulting on the debt, there's no way he can back off. harry reid showed up you angry because he's taking heat, been the most stubborn. it will be interesting do see if obama will shelve him. boehner should keep the government closed like he said he was going to and link the irs in taking their about to enforce the the obama care mandate out of their hands and make the bargaining chip. >> the world is seeing house republicans put together a bill that gives obama what he wants. he wants another trillion in the government checkbooks. he's got exactly what we wants. why can't he make a deal? >> there will be a deal in 48 hour, maybe less or few hours more. it's in the mix. senator collins a republican is now maine saying she's been tasked with coming up with a compromise between republicans. she doesn't think it's just the debt ceiling alone that'
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the debt ceiling is at the very end. all the decisions congress makes on entitlement programs that determines -- >> are you aware of any other president in our lifetime who has taken the radical position of stating he will not negotiate deficit reduction on the debt sealing? >> mr. chairman i think we learned in 2011 we learned again just this past october that treating the debt limit the way congress did put our economy in grave danger. every president in my lifetime has said the same thing. it is imperative to raise the debt ceiling and congress' responsibility to take that action. >> the time of the chairman has expired. >> and i would say every president in your lifetime has negotiated on the debt ceiling. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to see if i can get about er understanding ere we are in relationship finances discussions and trade talks with europe. to you and the president basically stating my we tion on whether or not would be including provisions in a trade agreement and it would be undermining to ad
the debt ceiling is at the very end. all the decisions congress makes on entitlement programs that determines -- >> are you aware of any other president in our lifetime who has taken the radical position of stating he will not negotiate deficit reduction on the debt sealing? >> mr. chairman i think we learned in 2011 we learned again just this past october that treating the debt limit the way congress did put our economy in grave danger. every president in my lifetime has said the...
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advantage in the negotiation on the debt ceiling. if we can stand strong and insist on number one structural reforms to fix the problem and number two, progrowth policies to grow the economy and get jobs back and get people back to work i think we with win that debate and win that argument. i don't think what washington needs is more compromise. i think washington needs more common sense and more principle. >> it is good to get to know you. thanks so much for dropping by and good luck. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. >> up next, a new year, a new congress. we'll ask our political panel if the political well is still poison. >>> our economy captain afford more protracted showdowns or manufactured crises along the way. >> the american dream is in peril so long as its name sake is weighed down by this anchor of debt. break its hold and we begin to set our economy free. >> the president and the speaker of the house on the perils and possibilities of the tough fiscal battles that yet lie ahead. time for our sunday panel. bri
advantage in the negotiation on the debt ceiling. if we can stand strong and insist on number one structural reforms to fix the problem and number two, progrowth policies to grow the economy and get jobs back and get people back to work i think we with win that debate and win that argument. i don't think what washington needs is more compromise. i think washington needs more common sense and more principle. >> it is good to get to know you. thanks so much for dropping by and good luck....
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>> the debt ceiling is likely to come first. the funny thing is at this point to some extent there aren't any external deadlines they absolutely have to meet. these are all created by washington. historically the debt ceiling was not an occasion for a big policy change. it became one in 2011, the republicans successfully made that happen. but they could easily extend the debt kreiling the way washington has in the past. in some ways the bigger thing is the sequester. it was supposed to be january 1, they pushed it back to march 1. substantial cuts. not overwhelming but substan tomorrow domestic programs and the military. most people don't want them take effect and the question is can they come up with something else that would bring down the deficit instead of across-the-board sequester cuts scheduled for march 1. >> rose: i watched over the weekend the talk shows and mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate said the tax question is off the table. we've dwelt that so we only will deal with spending now. >> it
>> the debt ceiling is likely to come first. the funny thing is at this point to some extent there aren't any external deadlines they absolutely have to meet. these are all created by washington. historically the debt ceiling was not an occasion for a big policy change. it became one in 2011, the republicans successfully made that happen. but they could easily extend the debt kreiling the way washington has in the past. in some ways the bigger thing is the sequester. it was supposed to be...
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today the senate agreed with the house and passed an extension of the debt ceiling, raised the debt ceiling for the future. and i didn't vote for that. there were no cuts included in that bill. the only cut that we have ever come up with is this 1.2 trillion, because the committee, the special select committee couldn't come up with a spending reductions, were now going to have as part as sequestration. i don't really believe in across the board cuts. i think that's irresponsible. but in the absence of cutting spending someplace to replace those 1.2 -- >> got to take it where you get it. >> it's not the only way we're going to get it. >> it's never a good time to cut spending. it's one of the things i've learned. i guess i saw it years ago when i worked down there. but reporting on this thing night after night, one of the things i learned, senator moran, is it's never a good time to cut spending. so march 1st is an interesting deadline. >> i'm not voting to set the sequester aside unless we cut the 1.2 trillion someplace else. >> good luck on that. senator jerry moran of kansas, thank you ve
today the senate agreed with the house and passed an extension of the debt ceiling, raised the debt ceiling for the future. and i didn't vote for that. there were no cuts included in that bill. the only cut that we have ever come up with is this 1.2 trillion, because the committee, the special select committee couldn't come up with a spending reductions, were now going to have as part as sequestration. i don't really believe in across the board cuts. i think that's irresponsible. but in the...
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the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, as well as what this fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- guns, immigration, other thin a, at a dry cleaner, fight means to the president's secowe replaced peopleenda -- gunswith a machine.other thin a, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. you know it can be hard to lbreathe, and how that feels.e, copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd
the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, as well as what this fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- fight means to the president's second term and his agenda -- guns, immigration, other thin a, at a dry cleaner,...
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with the debt ceiling, we will always pay our debt. we'll never default on the debt and the reason that the president is doing that. he's trying to scare people and raise the spector of financial apocalypse. >> john: i want to get in other issues, we are running short on time. gun control. you heard about tin bills zeused in the house of representatives and joe biden loding a today group. you are a fierce defending of rights and is there any new gun control that you would accept? >> guest: the reason we are discussing this is it the tragedy in newtown and every parent. my wife and i have two girls aged four and two, every parent was horrified to see 20 children, six dults senselessly murdered it takes your breath away. but within minutes, we saw politician running out and trying to exploit and push their political agenda of gun control. i don't support it for two reins. number one it is it unconstitutional. >> john: is there any to accept? >> guest: i don't think it makes sense. things we can do. one of the things we can do improve the
with the debt ceiling, we will always pay our debt. we'll never default on the debt and the reason that the president is doing that. he's trying to scare people and raise the spector of financial apocalypse. >> john: i want to get in other issues, we are running short on time. gun control. you heard about tin bills zeused in the house of representatives and joe biden loding a today group. you are a fierce defending of rights and is there any new gun control that you would accept? >>...
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the debt ceiling. >> it's a great question. i think republicans are manning the barricades, they are going to the demand spending cuts. we know that the president said that he will not negotiate with house republicans as this debt ceiling approaches. remember, represents are under political pressure, especially the speaker of the house. because republicans are frustrated about how the fiscal cliff went, to now they are looking at the debt ceiling. >> we will watch and see, i love that we got to find out that bob franken's ring tone was "hail to the chief." >> you know who was that? my wife. >> smart man. >> she demanded that ring tonight. >> what is yours heather? >> birds chirping. >> peaceful. >> and yours? >> a generic telephone ring. >> my agents use the theme from jaws, now you know. >> made for good tv to think that the president was walking in on your shot there and maybe joining us for an exclusive. my thanks to all three of you. thanks, gang, i really appreciate it. that will do it for me today, thank you for spending
the debt ceiling. >> it's a great question. i think republicans are manning the barricades, they are going to the demand spending cuts. we know that the president said that he will not negotiate with house republicans as this debt ceiling approaches. remember, represents are under political pressure, especially the speaker of the house. because republicans are frustrated about how the fiscal cliff went, to now they are looking at the debt ceiling. >> we will watch and see, i love...
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president obama insist that is congress must lift the debt ceiling. the president said the nation's credit rating is at stake . the second bank robber recaptured after a prison break makes his first court appearance. he could face five years behind bars . mediator in the nhl labor fight is back. both sides have less than a week to end the lock out. recovery crews are preparing to move a drilling rig that ran aground in the remote alaska island. it was towed during a storm to seattle when it was separated from the tow lines. crews are gearing up to attempt to recover the rig. dominic is track from the la news room. >> hey, there. describing it as firm's agrounded drill ship on the rocky banks. on the islands that is just south and means seriously stuck and how to get it out of the water is a massive plan. it involved sea and air and land operations. the risk is more bad weather is coming in the area it could mean hostile conditions . today they flew in more crewing to fix the power on the rig. their lives are at risk in doing this. >> so many people in
president obama insist that is congress must lift the debt ceiling. the president said the nation's credit rating is at stake . the second bank robber recaptured after a prison break makes his first court appearance. he could face five years behind bars . mediator in the nhl labor fight is back. both sides have less than a week to end the lock out. recovery crews are preparing to move a drilling rig that ran aground in the remote alaska island. it was towed during a storm to seattle when it was...
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ceiling is the debt this thursday. what i hope is going to have it is a both sides will admit, there's a little bit of an issue here on both sides. i think there is a strong desire by the vast majority to do pragmatic,hat is a good government step. at the end of the day, look these steps of always be used when there are worries about financial situation. hopefully negotiate reform. been on theave wrong page for so long with i just admitted to, we have not been in the right a book, we have been on the right -- the wrong page. we are not only on the right page finally where we are focused on fiscal issues, debt ceiling and relative to a continuing resolution. we are on fiscal solutions. not only are we on the right page, we are in the right paragraph. we are focusing on discussing mandatory reforms. we are on the right subject. we have the two leaders that are now talking to each other. by the way, i think the 12 that came together have helped that effort. i again, there was a bit of a pullback. i do and the white house
ceiling is the debt this thursday. what i hope is going to have it is a both sides will admit, there's a little bit of an issue here on both sides. i think there is a strong desire by the vast majority to do pragmatic,hat is a good government step. at the end of the day, look these steps of always be used when there are worries about financial situation. hopefully negotiate reform. been on theave wrong page for so long with i just admitted to, we have not been in the right a book, we have been...
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that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. >>> john brennan is the man president obama nominated to run the cia. he is also the man who helped create america's policy of drone war fare. that is next. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you ex
that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. >>> john brennan is the man president obama nominated to run the cia. he is also the man who helped create america's policy of drone war fare. that is next. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower...
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raising the debt ceiling must mean that we're running up our debt. so people don't like to vote on it and typically there's some gamesmanship in terms of making the president's party shoulder the burden of raising the -- taking the vote and then there's some political campaign later that smacks them around for saying, joe smith voted to raise the debt ceiling by $2 trillion, and it sounds terrible and it's a fun talking point for politics, but it always gets done. and if there is a budget package that includes the debt ceiling vote, it's not the debt ceiling that is driving the negotiations. it's stuck into the budget negotiations because if you're going to take a bunch of tough votes anyway, you may as well go ahead and stick that in there. you have never seen in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the budget and nothing to do with the debt. so here's where we are, and i think this
raising the debt ceiling must mean that we're running up our debt. so people don't like to vote on it and typically there's some gamesmanship in terms of making the president's party shoulder the burden of raising the -- taking the vote and then there's some political campaign later that smacks them around for saying, joe smith voted to raise the debt ceiling by $2 trillion, and it sounds terrible and it's a fun talking point for politics, but it always gets done. and if there is a budget...
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advantage in the negotiation on the debt ceiling. if we can stand strong and insist on number one structural reforms to fix the problem and number two, progrowth policies to grow the economy and get jobs back and get people back to work i think we with win that debate and win that argument. i don't think what washington needs is more compromise. i think washington needs more common sense and more principle. >> it is good to get to know you. thanks so much for dropping by and good luck. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. >> up next, a new year, a new congress. we'll ask our political panel if the political well is still poison. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shake
advantage in the negotiation on the debt ceiling. if we can stand strong and insist on number one structural reforms to fix the problem and number two, progrowth policies to grow the economy and get jobs back and get people back to work i think we with win that debate and win that argument. i don't think what washington needs is more compromise. i think washington needs more common sense and more principle. >> it is good to get to know you. thanks so much for dropping by and good luck....
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the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, and what this fight means for the president's second term and his agenda, guns, immigration, other things. we'll take a quick break and we'll have more from our roundtable right after this. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. introducing a revolutionary new mascara. clump crusher...crusher. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gav
the debt ceiling guarantees a crisis. it guarantees that the markets will all cave in on the republicans. and the republicans in the end will give up. >> let me get a break, ej, and we'll come back with you. i want to talk about the strategy, whether there's a government shutdown in the future, and what this fight means for the president's second term and his agenda, guns, immigration, other things. we'll take a quick break and we'll have more from our roundtable right after this. [ male...
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that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. ] up high! up high! [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] yo, give it up, dude! up high... ok. up high... ok. high! up high!!! ok ok that's getting pretty old. don't you have any useful apps on that thing? who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ chuckles ] at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator app allows you to quickly calculate your mortgage payment based on today's incredibly low interest rates... right from your iphone or android smartphone. this great tool answers your home loan questions organizes your results, and lets you calculate with the confidence of a rocket scientist. you can even take notes and add photos of your favorite homes! it's the 21st century way to make your next home refinance or purchase easy. download it today from the app store or google play... the mortgage calculator by quicken loans... one more way
that would also increase the debt ceiling. so no, congressman salmon, it is not about time that we have a debt ceiling shut down. it is about time we do something to make sure that never happens. ] up high! up high! [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] yo, give it up, dude! up high... ok. up high... ok. high! up high!!! ok ok that's getting pretty old. don't you have any useful apps on that thing? who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ chuckles ] at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator...
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sequestration, the debt ceiling, spenning. he is enjoying his last few minutes here on the plane, taxiing and he will head back to the white house with his family. >> jamie: molly, thank you. >> can washington come up with a plan to raise the debt limit without burying the count country in more debt? we have a former spokesperson for former governor jeb bush. happy new year. justin, the president says there won't be any negotiating t. needs to be raised -- period. what do you think? >> i think it's remarkable. it's as if the election meant that president obama has been elected king. the republicans compromised on a very important principle. they didn't want to raise taxes. president obama wanted to raise taxes, they compromised. now president obama is issuing a no-compromise to the congress, to the american people -- 48% didn't rote for president obama. it's very disrespectful. he should try to bring the republicans together and show leadership and agree if the debt ceiling needs to be raised, the issue has to be addressed. >>
sequestration, the debt ceiling, spenning. he is enjoying his last few minutes here on the plane, taxiing and he will head back to the white house with his family. >> jamie: molly, thank you. >> can washington come up with a plan to raise the debt limit without burying the count country in more debt? we have a former spokesperson for former governor jeb bush. happy new year. justin, the president says there won't be any negotiating t. needs to be raised -- period. what do you think?...
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that is called suspending the debt ceiling, you raise the debt ceiling so you put a lid on what the government can spend. when you reach your credit, they will give you another thousand dollars and that is new limit. what has now happened is capitol hill has suspended that limit, now you are going to american express card with no limit and you have given the president no limit until mid may? >> i don't think american express would like the comparison because it couldn't be as bad. [ laughter ] >> but they are limited by the appropriations process and house and senate under the constitution have the power of the purse. he is not supposed to spend important. having said that, you are right. it's a huge problem. we should not extend the debt limit again. what is coming up, it may be four to six months unless there are legally spending cuts. i proposed that legislation. it got a lot of votes on the floor but it's simple idea. reduction of spending for every dollar increase in debt limit and you get to balanced budget over ten years if you do that. >> greta: breaking news, it's an important topic.
that is called suspending the debt ceiling, you raise the debt ceiling so you put a lid on what the government can spend. when you reach your credit, they will give you another thousand dollars and that is new limit. what has now happened is capitol hill has suspended that limit, now you are going to american express card with no limit and you have given the president no limit until mid may? >> i don't think american express would like the comparison because it couldn't be as bad. [...
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and then say you don't want to raise the debt ceiling. you can't make those match. >> what's going on? you make a very good point. what's the ideology behind those folks? >> well, it is ideology, but also just -- essentially extortion. what they are trying to do, and been trying to do this, use the debt ceiling or basically black mail leverage they have to strip the social safety net in the country, to privatize social security, privatize medicaid, medica medicare. ith not about fiscal sanity. we can reach fiscal sanity. we have been working very well toward that. but this is all about ideology and philosophy. >> you called speaker boehner courageous for sending the fiscal cliff bill to the floor. you know speaker boehner saw republican defections in the speaker vote this week, he has favored heavy criticism from tea partiers and others. do you suspect similar courage from boehner in the weeks ahead? >> i think he wants to be krajuous. it's really horrible when an example of bipartisanship causes such consternation in one party. boehner w
and then say you don't want to raise the debt ceiling. you can't make those match. >> what's going on? you make a very good point. what's the ideology behind those folks? >> well, it is ideology, but also just -- essentially extortion. what they are trying to do, and been trying to do this, use the debt ceiling or basically black mail leverage they have to strip the social safety net in the country, to privatize social security, privatize medicaid, medica medicare. ith not about...
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you have the federal deficit, spending cuts, debt ceiling. if the last congress had so many challenges producing a bill to avoid the fiscal cliff do you think this congress will be more productive and if so why? >> you know, i think that remains to be seen. i think that, again, that congressmen need to hear from their constituents and people need to know that, hey, we sent you guys up there to get to work. we mean business. stop all of the partisan bickering. of course, republicans and democrats are always going to have differences on issues. but things of this nature that could cause economic catastrophe, those sorts of things, we should be able to work a lot easier on and that's why i'm up here. i want to work with my republican colleagues. i've reached out to all of my republican colleagues in the north texas area to let them know i want to work with them and i will continue to reach across the aisle, all across the congress working with republicans because i know that it is very important that we do a better job of working together. >> i
you have the federal deficit, spending cuts, debt ceiling. if the last congress had so many challenges producing a bill to avoid the fiscal cliff do you think this congress will be more productive and if so why? >> you know, i think that remains to be seen. i think that, again, that congressmen need to hear from their constituents and people need to know that, hey, we sent you guys up there to get to work. we mean business. stop all of the partisan bickering. of course, republicans and...
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, as we move beyond the debt ceiling issue we want to focus on foreign policy. writer us as the senior of foreign policy. thank you for joining us. first question. what i wanted to ask you about egypt. elected democratically president overturn in july. he has been held at an undisclosed location. we heard he will be put on trial in november. given the fact this was almost any other country in the world we would have cut off all of our aid, what are you opposed to what the president decided to do? i know you expressed concerns. can you tell us why. >> you have to look about the total picture. egypt has been a strategically important country to the united states for 30 or 40 years. thet of the fulcrum of policy stance with having a good relationship military to military with egypt's military and our military. think that when a government or a country with which you are allied does something that you do not like, i think there are different ways of reacting than simply saying we're going to punish you or cut this off or that off. we have very close military to mili
, as we move beyond the debt ceiling issue we want to focus on foreign policy. writer us as the senior of foreign policy. thank you for joining us. first question. what i wanted to ask you about egypt. elected democratically president overturn in july. he has been held at an undisclosed location. we heard he will be put on trial in november. given the fact this was almost any other country in the world we would have cut off all of our aid, what are you opposed to what the president decided to...
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president obama yet on his news conference said raising the debt ceiling will not raise our debt ceiling. all we've raised the debt, we have to may more interest. that in it/will increase the spending. we have a spending problem in this country. that's what we need to address. >> what is your biggest bone of content with john boehner? you've been very public about the fact that you don't think his leadership is something you wanted over this new congress, you didn't vote for him to be the speaker. what is your main problem with him? >> i have no personal problems. i keep hearing that. he himself said i carrying no grudges. we've talked several times. the point is to let him know with le stand up to leadership and hold him account annual. i think that's important to know. that really is on both sides of the aisle. if you go back there were people that challenged the leadership, too. i think that's a good thing. you have new members of congress willing to stand up and saying let's rethink this. let's put america first, not necessarily party politics. i fired the first volley that you would
president obama yet on his news conference said raising the debt ceiling will not raise our debt ceiling. all we've raised the debt, we have to may more interest. that in it/will increase the spending. we have a spending problem in this country. that's what we need to address. >> what is your biggest bone of content with john boehner? you've been very public about the fact that you don't think his leadership is something you wanted over this new congress, you didn't vote for him to be the...
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money, we've got the debt ceiling argument coming up here. the government's going to run out of money at the end of february if something isn't done. do you see more of the same what we saw during this fiscal cliff or is this something better on the horizon. >> wouldn't that be great if i could say yes but i can't say yes. remember when the election ended and it looked like this was going to be an era of compromise. john boehner came out and said of course we want to work with the president. the president said of course we want to work with the public. that was shattered within about 20 minutes after both men said that. and so i don't think we're looking at compromise anywhere, it's really about who can get their way by trying to intimidate the other side more. so democrats not the president but other democrats saying hey here's a way that's not compromise. we're going to print a coin, a trill undollar coinen dollar coin. think of this sort of establishment republican saying how about a partialual shut down of the government to get what we wa
money, we've got the debt ceiling argument coming up here. the government's going to run out of money at the end of february if something isn't done. do you see more of the same what we saw during this fiscal cliff or is this something better on the horizon. >> wouldn't that be great if i could say yes but i can't say yes. remember when the election ended and it looked like this was going to be an era of compromise. john boehner came out and said of course we want to work with the...
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last year, and we believe we have, if we avoid to hit the fiscal ceiling, the debt ceiling -- if we avoid that, we have it in our hands, and we can generate positive growth. we are seeing some good indications in the markets that have pretty much the debt here in the u.s. the building and construction market. for four years it has been dead. now suddenly we see it is coming back to life. this will only be coming back to life if we send rong comftabl ssas and nothave a discussion about the fiscal cliff and now the debt ceiling and then probably the next one. we need to continue to generate confidence. and if we do that, i think we will have nice markets here, automotive being one of those in the u.s. aerospace, very important. we could see, also a rebound in the building and construction market. >> susie: you mentioned the word confidence, and the word that we mostly hear from any business companies, they use the word concern. you've heard this all the time. how doeshat iact alc. how does it impact your order? >> well, it impacts them -- for instance, let's go to the smaller medium busines
last year, and we believe we have, if we avoid to hit the fiscal ceiling, the debt ceiling -- if we avoid that, we have it in our hands, and we can generate positive growth. we are seeing some good indications in the markets that have pretty much the debt here in the u.s. the building and construction market. for four years it has been dead. now suddenly we see it is coming back to life. this will only be coming back to life if we send rong comftabl ssas and nothave a discussion about the...
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also, the next fight in washington will be over the debt ceiling. can president obama end this craziness and bypass congress altogether? we'll talk about the out of the box solutions and whether they would work. >>> and, finally, this is the signature of the man who might be the next treasury secretary. we'll look back through history to see if there's any loopy president. speaking of secretaries of the treasury three former holders of the office and many other statesmen and women offering advice to the president on a new gps special tonight "memo to the president, road map for a second term." tonight at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> first, here's my take. chuck hagel's nomination as america's next secretary of defense has drawn fire from people who say he's outside of the main stream. in fact, he's a pretty straight forward, traditional republican on most issues with a reluctance to go to war, born of knowledge and experience. where hagel does appear out of the mainstream in washington's world of group think is on iran. which i
also, the next fight in washington will be over the debt ceiling. can president obama end this craziness and bypass congress altogether? we'll talk about the out of the box solutions and whether they would work. >>> and, finally, this is the signature of the man who might be the next treasury secretary. we'll look back through history to see if there's any loopy president. speaking of secretaries of the treasury three former holders of the office and many other statesmen and women...
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we always passed the debt ceiling when president bush was president. there should be -- this is a conversation where there should be no doubt. in fact, if i were president, i would use the 14th amendment which says that united states will always be -- >> you would go ahead and do it. >> but the congress hasn't incurred much of this debt. >> more on the president's big january agenda the white house is considering comprehensive plans to crack down on gun violence. three weeks after the sandy hook shootings in newtown, connecticut, the task force is looking at wide-ranging measures. the group is exploring ways to strengthen mental health checks. >>> in some cases the potential measures could be implemented through executive action. >> i think what we need to do first is to see what the vice president's group comes up with, what their recommendations are, plenty of time to take a look at their recommendations once they come forward, what's going to dominate washington for the next three months here is going to be spending and debt. >> the president would
we always passed the debt ceiling when president bush was president. there should be -- this is a conversation where there should be no doubt. in fact, if i were president, i would use the 14th amendment which says that united states will always be -- >> you would go ahead and do it. >> but the congress hasn't incurred much of this debt. >> more on the president's big january agenda the white house is considering comprehensive plans to crack down on gun violence. three weeks...
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if you lost track of the debt ceiling and budget battles t came out of the debt limit deal. it was the white house's idea to hold washington's feet to the fire. the cuts were never supposed to happen. the committee that replaced them failed and at the start of the ewe near, the deal triggered even further until march 1st. we are faced with the looming cuts a few weeks away that boiled down to $85 billion that will be slashed by this fall if nothing happens. the focus has been on the cuts and the entire $1.2 trillion will be a 50-50 defense between defense and spending. to put us into perspective is the center for social inclusion. the sequester was designed to be something that would never happen. prot expect would scare washington into coming out with something else. there sounds out of washington, particularly from republicans that they might be okay with nothing happening and sequester being triggered. half is defense and half non-domestic discretionary spending. can you explain to people what would be cut if the sequester goes into effect. >> it's a pleasure to be here.
if you lost track of the debt ceiling and budget battles t came out of the debt limit deal. it was the white house's idea to hold washington's feet to the fire. the cuts were never supposed to happen. the committee that replaced them failed and at the start of the ewe near, the deal triggered even further until march 1st. we are faced with the looming cuts a few weeks away that boiled down to $85 billion that will be slashed by this fall if nothing happens. the focus has been on the cuts and...
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the debt ceiling and sequester. how do they fit in? >> it would be a disaster to let the country default on its debts right now. i think almost all economists agree on that and not what this economy could handle right now. it also would be a better thing if we did not have as much physical drag going on. clearly we are losing some employment, although not as much as initially feared because of government cutbacks and something the fed chairman ben bernanke has said a lot that the fiscal consolidations of the federal government right now are holding back the economy a little bit. >> all right. jim tankersley and peter moraci, always good to see on a jobs friday, thank you very much. >> a-rod, alex rodriguez will be reporting to trenton, new jersey to play with the yankees aa affiliate unless major league baseball hands down a suspension. for the alleged cover-up and use of performance-enhancing drugs. negotiations are reportedly ongoing between rodriguez and the mlb to reach a deal for a-rod to avoid a possible lifetime ban from basebal
the debt ceiling and sequester. how do they fit in? >> it would be a disaster to let the country default on its debts right now. i think almost all economists agree on that and not what this economy could handle right now. it also would be a better thing if we did not have as much physical drag going on. clearly we are losing some employment, although not as much as initially feared because of government cutbacks and something the fed chairman ben bernanke has said a lot that the fiscal...
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ronald reagan, george bush, both bushes, raised the debt ceiling, bill clinton raised the debt ceiling, that's something we've never played with because then we're playing with the country's credit rating and that's something we should all come together on and we've never had it happen before. why now play politics on the debt ceiling. it doesn't make sense. >> i'll have to leave it retorically, good to see you. >>> new revelations about marilyn monroe, you'll hear from the reporter that dug up fbi files on the movie star. [ male] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums woman: we're helping joplin, missouri, come back from a devastating tornado. man: and now we're helping the eas
ronald reagan, george bush, both bushes, raised the debt ceiling, bill clinton raised the debt ceiling, that's something we've never played with because then we're playing with the country's credit rating and that's something we should all come together on and we've never had it happen before. why now play politics on the debt ceiling. it doesn't make sense. >> i'll have to leave it retorically, good to see you. >>> new revelations about marilyn monroe, you'll hear from the...
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the president was clear that we would not negotiate around the debt ceiling, that the debt ceiling needs to be increased to take care of spending that is already past by this congress. therefore, we should not be manufacturing crises like the sequester. we need to turn off the sequester and make sure we don't lose hundreds of thousands of jobs. washington should return to regular order and we should let his messes and the american consumer have the confidence -- and let businesses and the american consumer have the confidence that washington will not manufacture another crisis. >> thank you for being here. some of us like regular order and we like the rule of law. and i have four quick questions for you. a of title 49 in the u.s. code statutorily defined slow enforcement personnel as individuals authorized to carry and use firearms are vested with the police power of arrest and are identifiable by appropriate markings of authority. with sequestration in the debt crisis in mind, should federal onncies spend federal funds law-enforcement uniforms for federal employees that do not meet this
the president was clear that we would not negotiate around the debt ceiling, that the debt ceiling needs to be increased to take care of spending that is already past by this congress. therefore, we should not be manufacturing crises like the sequester. we need to turn off the sequester and make sure we don't lose hundreds of thousands of jobs. washington should return to regular order and we should let his messes and the american consumer have the confidence -- and let businesses and the...